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With much unfinished work in Congress, there has been speculation about the necessity of a lame-duck session, no matter who wins the majority.

Should there be a lame-duck session of Congress and what would the ramifications be? How would potential leadership fights affect the session? And if Democrats lose their House and/or Senate majorities would there be anything inappropriate about pushing through significant legislation during their last weeks in power? Or as duly elected officials through early January, would they simply be fulfilling their constitutional duties?

According to a new Rasmussen Reports survey, 63 percent of those polled say Congress should not consider major new legislation during the two-month lame duck period after the election but should wait for the newly-elected members to take office.

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